livestock auction

collocation in English

meaningsoflivestockandauction

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livestock
noun[plural]
uk
/ˈlaɪv.stɒk/us
/ˈlaɪv.stɑːk/
animals and birds that are kept on a farm, such as cows, sheep, ...
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auction
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɔːk.ʃən/us
/ˈɑːk.ʃən/
a usually public sale of goods or property, where people make higher and higher bids (= offers of money) for each thing, until the thing is sold to the person who will ...
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(Definition oflivestockandauctionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Livestockauctionmarkets are an important link in the marketing chain.
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The list oflivestockauctionmarkets operating in 1997 is not readily available.
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We recognise the interests of thelivestockauctionindustry in this subject; they will be invited to participate in further discussions on traceability.
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As part of the wider rural development agenda, we are alert to the opportunities for business diversification inlivestockauctionmarkets.
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Farmers must hold on to theirlivestockauctionsystem of marketing their stock, which has been proven as the best system in the world.
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I refer to the selling inlivestockauctionmarkets of young calves under three months old.
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Livestockauctionmarkets have an important role in the marketing of farm animals between the various stages of production.
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Another agricultural institution under threat is thelivestockauctionmarket.
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If he thinks that the grader is going to reject the beast in thelivestockauction, he can send it to the deadweight centre.
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This information is not directly available, but it is estimated that about 12 million animals may have passed throughlivestockauctionmarkets in the last year.
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Are the arrangements in thelivestockauctionmart's which exist at present likely to continue, or are they purely temporary?
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Inlivestockauctionmarkets, cattle are sold in dollars per hundredweight (short), whereas hogs are sold in dollars per hundred kilograms.
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He operated alivestockauctionbarn in 1941; otherwise, he engaged in farming and ran a mercantile business.
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Agriculture doesn't play as prominent of a role as it did in the 20th century, with the only remaining viable agricultural market being thelivestockauction.
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Businesses include two grain elevators, alivestockauction, veterinary clinic, and numerous other businesses providing goods and services related to the farms and ranches surrounding the community.
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In the late 1950s and early 1960s, there was alivestockauctionmart, shoe shop, tailors, butchers, bakers, post office, cafs, wool warehouse and corn mill.
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There should be the deadweight centres and the livestock auctions, so that the competition is there.
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In regard to livestock auctions, week by week, the guaranteed price payments are paid direct to the farmer.
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It was used for livestock auctions by day and musical theater performances by night.
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He set up a booth at rodeos, county fairs, trade shows, saddle shops, and livestock auctions.
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